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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1541 | 3.561 | 3.561 |
| Enjoyment | #2033 | 3.049 | 3.049 |
| Overall | #2179 | 3.195 | 3.195 |
| Presentation | #2833 | 2.976 | 2.976 |
Ranked from 41 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
1. Instead of a hero crawling through the dark lord's dungeon. The dark lord is sneaking through a human city. 2. instead of catching pocket monsters to use to fight, you're catching humans instead. 3. You can change your "role" by disguising yourself. This allows you to sneak past things or gain access to places you weren't able to before.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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Liked the concept of gathering humans and using them as your fighters lol The disguising was nice as well, in all it was very well executed and fun
Thank you for the feedback! I feel like I overscoped, but I wish I could've added more types of humans and more exclusive things that you can only reach by using a specific human. Glad to hear it was fun!
a nice game! some polish could make the game better!! great job!
Thank you!
Hey! We both made games with a "Dark Lord" in them!
Very nice and unique take on the theme! There's a lot of different systems going on which is pretty cool. Also an interesting concept of trying to posses other characters to become them. Also impressive, in the game writeup you mention you didn't even use a game engine for this?? I think that deserves extra points! Lol also like "search for the UNholy grail" lol.
I tried a couple times but didn't win (left town once then died second time). Do you have to posses the chef guy to get into the museum? I kept on accidentally engaging him and killing him off. I think one thing that was slightly annoying is it seemed the energy to disguise didn't come back at all (or maybe it came back after a battle a little bit). Kinda made it slightly nervewracking trying to get around a guy disguised since it seemed like you had very little energy. But maybe thats the point and you have to kinda plan it all out.
Anyways though very impressive overall! Great work fellow "Dark Lord" creator!!
Hi fellow "Dark Lord" dev! Thanks for the feedbback. The title could've also been "search for the macguffin" and I kind of just picked randomly between the two because I didn't have enough time to really think about it. You have to disguise in order to sneak around and you can also take advantage of the different floors to get behind people. Energy does come back after you win a battle, but you do have to ration it pretty strictly. Thanks for playing! I tried out your "Dark Lord" game as well.
Very well done making the whole thing yourself! The concepts you came up with are fantastic, it reminds me a little bit of that game called Prototype that was on the PS3 I think.
Good job!
Thank you! I've uh never heard of this game "Prototype" before but it looks pretty cool!
Had fun playing your game, I love the concept! The music fits very well!
Thank you for playing! I'm glad to hear you had fun and liked the music!
Well done, the music was well fitting and the theme interpretation is great. Maybe in a next version after the jam you could add some post-processing to improve the graphics. But overall I enjoyed it. Well done.
Thank you for the feedback. I'm a bit new to this, is it okay if ask what are some specific ways I can add post processing/effects that I could add? I didn't use an engine to make this and just used HTML and Javascript. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Me too, I did my game without an engine and adding camerashake and postprocessing might be a bit complicated. My suggestion would be (it isn't real postprocessing but improves the graphics) to add some kind of shadows in the UI for example, or to make the screen darker on the edges to make it feel more creepy.
Overall still a great game, nice that you made that with HTML and JavaScript! Well done
Had a good time playing your game! I think I would've liked another way to get energy that wasn't just fighting. Congrats for you game!
Thanks! I'll definitely keep your suggestion in mind if I decide to update this game.
I really love the overall concept of this game. Great work on pulling this together over the 48 hours!
Thank you!